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Re: Pixel by Google

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Post by WillKirkby » Tue, Oct 04, 2016, 5:27 PM UTC

no_protocol wrote: post #5

This video is screaming to me that there is something obnoxious on the top edge of the phone. It is hidden in every camera angle and we see every other edge of the phone. Anyone know what's there?

It's the headphone jack. https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/K66DEwGnEsmayteb04wc6y2nEJ...

Re: Pixel by Google

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Post by cuonic » Tue, Oct 04, 2016, 5:28 PM UTC

no_protocol wrote: post #5

This video is screaming to me that there is something obnoxious on the top edge of the phone. It is hidden in every camera angle and we see every other edge of the phone. Anyone know what's there?

Seems like there is just the headphone jack on the top: http://img.bfmtv.com/c/883/515/472/2c07f97e107ddbe1a0fd8fa99...

Re: Pixel by Google

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Post by aashaykumar92 » Tue, Oct 04, 2016, 5:29 PM UTC

The ahem at 0:47 is great ;)

Re: Pixel by Google

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Post by Somasis » Tue, Oct 04, 2016, 5:30 PM UTC

This is a little underwhelming.

Re: Pixel by Google

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Post by mrb » Tue, Oct 04, 2016, 5:33 PM UTC

no_protocol wrote: post #5

This video is screaming to me that there is something obnoxious on the top edge of the phone. It is hidden in every camera angle and we see every other edge of the phone. Anyone know what's there?

Here is an image of the top edge: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/hYE3ZZEpDkaT6PkjmodS4RsYbc... Nothing obnoxious. Just a 3.5mm jack.

Re: Pixel by Google

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Post by camillomiller » Tue, Oct 04, 2016, 5:41 PM UTC

cuonic wrote: post #12

no_protocol wrote: post #5

This video is screaming to me that there is something obnoxious on the top edge of the phone. It is hidden in every camera angle and we see every other edge of the phone. Anyone know what's there?

Seems like there is just the headphone jack on the top: http://img.bfmtv.com/c/883/515/472/2c07f97e107ddbe1a0fd8fa99...

What a lack of courage!

Re: Pixel by Google

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Post by nindalf » Tue, Oct 04, 2016, 5:42 PM UTC

mrb wrote: post #15

no_protocol wrote: post #5

This video is screaming to me that there is something obnoxious on the top edge of the phone. It is hidden in every camera angle and we see every other edge of the phone. Anyone know what's there?

Here is an image of the top edge: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/hYE3ZZEpDkaT6PkjmodS4RsYbc... Nothing obnoxious. Just a 3.5mm jack.

Perhaps that's something they should show off in the video :)

Re: Pixel by Google

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Post by HarfTarf » Tue, Oct 04, 2016, 5:42 PM UTC

no_protocol wrote: post #5

This video is screaming to me that there is something obnoxious on the top edge of the phone. It is hidden in every camera angle and we see every other edge of the phone. Anyone know what's there?

You must hear lots of things that scream.

Re: Pixel by Google

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Post by camillomiller » Tue, Oct 04, 2016, 5:42 PM UTC

josteink wrote: post #6

Nice stab at Apple there with the 3.5 mm jack. Glad they kept it.

Yeah, unfortunately it looks very awkward and they're somehow hiding it in all the marketing renders. Why?

Re: Pixel by Google

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Post by hawkice » Tue, Oct 04, 2016, 5:50 PM UTC

GnarlyWhale wrote: post #7

cuonic wrote: post #4

Reminds me a lot of this video [1] from Apple that presented the iPhone 7 in 107 seconds... [1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeoUELDgyM4

I like the apple video more. The music pairing and faster cuts made for a more frenetic experience that is extremely effective at building hype.

It was extremely effective at building my confusion about whether they were trying to explain their product, or convince me Tim Cook is super rad.

iPhone whatever: I carpooled here, did you see I know celebrities? I dropped my tiny mic towards the end, too, that's a stage performance thing.

Honestly, the comment elsewhere here about how the Pixel doesn't have a camera sticking out, making it point of contact with any flat surface, matters more to me than just about anything in either video. Maybe I'm not the target demo, but I am upgrading my cell phone soon, so I think I should be?